Best Easy Santa Cookies Recipes

EASY SANTA COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Beat butter, granulated sugar and lemon peel in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in egg and milk. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Press bottom of drinking glass on each until about 1/4 inch and 3 inches in diameter. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Spread frosting on cookie (frost and decorate each cookie before starting another). Sprinkle red sugar over top third of cookie for hat. Press on miniature marshmallow for tassel. Press 2 currants for eyes and 1 cinnamon candy for nose into center third of cookie. Sprinkle coconut over bottom third for beard.

EASY SANTA COOKIES

Steps:

• Freeze cookie dough at least 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350degreesF. Cut chilled dough into 1/4-inch slices. (Return dough to freezer if it becomes too soft to cut.) On ungreased cookie sheet, place slices 3 inches apart.
• Bake 8 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 5 minutes.
• In small bowl, beat powdered sugar, butter and enough milk until smooth and desired spreading consistency. In small bowl, place half of frosting. Add red food color; stir until blended.
• Frost cooled cookies with red and white frosting. Use small amount of frosting to attach chocolate chips for eyes and cinnamon candy for nose. Gently press coconut into white frosting for beard. Press marshmallow into red frosting for tassel on cap. Let stand until frosting is set. Store between sheets of waxed paper in tightly covered container.

EASY SANTA CLAUS COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Either in the microwave or on the stove top. Melt the white chocolate coating and stir until smooth. ( I have and use a small melting pot )
• 2. Place waxed paper on your counter and dip one end of each cookie into the melted chocolate and place on waxed paper and sprinkle red sugar on top part of chocolate.
• 3. Press one vanilla chip off center on hat for pom-pom or other decorations of your choice and let stand until firm.
• 4. Dip other end of each cookie into melted chocolate for beard, leaving center of cookie uncovered.
• 5. Place back on waxed paper to set.
• 6. Using a toothpick; dab a bit of melted white chocolate on back of chip and attach for eyes.
• 7. Using a toothpick; dab a bit of melted chocolate on the back side of red-hot candy for nose and place under the two eyes.
• 8. After finishing all the cookies. Let them set and place them in a container with a lid until time to serve.